ENGLISH

One of my favorite children’s books, Fortunately, the Milk tells a tale of a father who gets kidnapped by aliens, travels to the past, gets attacked by pirates, meets a stegosaurus scientist, is almost dinner for vampires, and manages to save the world from impending redecoration doom from aliens, all in the span that it takes to pick up some milk at the corner store!

I read this book in English sometime last year and when I saw it in the Spanish section of the SH library I knew I had to check it out! I am totally in love with this book, the art is gorgeous, the story is funny, and the dad is epic. It really made me think about time travel and the causal loop (paradox).

The book is filled with drawings at practically every page, either as a complete illustration or wrapped around the edges of the text (or really the other way around). A lot of the drawings have a very crazy and Tim Burton feel, especially when we’re dumped into the vampire world. I believe they’re done in micron pen, which I completely loved! The text is also pretty simple but they change depending on what’s happening in the story. Exclamations, sounds, and signage all have different fonts and really add to the story.

MY SPANISH UNDERSTANDING

The english review was written first and then I attempted to translate it. Google translate was used for certain words. I tried to keep things simple and this being a kid’s book really helped.

I was able to understand the majority of this book, however, I did get tongue tied with some words (there was one word in particular that I could not for the life of me pronounce but I forgot which one it was…). I also noticed the book had vosotros, which I am very unfamiliar with and trying to read it was like trying to say things in a third language: “Liberadnos y marchaos de aquí. Abandonad este planeta para siempre” (90). I also noticed a lot of words that I was unfamiliar with such as ‘cuenco’, which I’ve learned is a word used in Spain for bowl.

The title also greatly confused me. I thought the translation for it would be something like ‘Afortunadamente, la leche,’ which is a direct translation of Fortunately, the Milk. Instead it’s titled something like ‘My dad’s galactic, piratical, and alien adventures’ (though titles have ALWAYS been a mystery to me).

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